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In the Heat of the Night

They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.

1967★ 7.7 · 1.3K1h 49mCrimeDramaMysteryThriller

Overview

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.

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Cast

William Schallert
as Mayor Schubert

Lee Grant
as Mrs. Leslie Colbert

Matt Clark
as Packy

Sidney Poitier
as Virgil Tibbs

Rod Steiger
as Police Chief Bill Gillespie

Warren Oates
as Deputy Sam Wood

Timothy Scott
as Shagbag

Scott Wilson
as Harvey Oberst

Alan Oppenheimer
as Ted Appleton (uncredited)

Larry Gates
as Eric Endicott

Anthony James
as Ralph

Beah Richards
as Mama Caleba

Collection

Virgil Tibbs Trilogy

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Release date: 1967-08-02

Budget: $2,000,000

Revenue: $27,379,978

Runtime: 1h 49m

Genres

CrimeDramaMysteryThriller

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